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authorMarja van Waes <marja@mageia.org>2013-10-09 19:23:39 +0200
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+<!-- Converted by db4-upgrade version 1.0 -->
+
+<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0" xml:id="drakxid-selectLanguage" ><info><title xml:id="BId-drakxid-selectLanguage-ti1">Deprecated - Choosing your Language</title></info>
+
+
+ <para xml:id="BId-drakxid-selectLanguage-pa1" revision="1">The first step is to
+ choose your preferred language.</para>
+
+ <figure xml:id="selectLanguage-fig" revision="2"><info><title xml:id="BId-drakxid-selectLanguage-ti2">Choosing the Default
+ Language</title></info>
+
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata align="center" fileref="dx-selectLanguage.png" format="PNG" xml:id="BId-drakxid-selectLanguage-im1" revision="4" width="11.5cm"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+
+ <para xml:id="BId-drakxid-selectLanguage-pa2" revision="5"><indexterm
+ xml:id="BId-drakxid-selectLanguage-it1">
+ <primary>language</primary>
+ </indexterm>First open the tree relative to the continent you are located in, and then choose
+ the language you speak. Your language choice will affect the installer, the documentation, and
+ the system in general. </para>
+
+ <para xml:id="BId-drakxid-selectLanguage-pa3" revision="3">Click the <guilabel>Multiple languages</guilabel> button near the botom of the list to go to the screen to select additional languages for your workstation, thereby installing the
+ language-specific files for system documentation and
+ applications. For example, if Spanish friends are to use your
+ machine, select English as the default language in the first screen
+ and <guilabel>EspaƱol</guilabel> in the <guilabel>Multiple languages</guilabel> screen.</para>
+
+<note>
+<para xml:id="BId-drakxid-selectLanguage-pa4" revision="2">You are advised to install the language of your keyboard and the language of the country you live in as additional languages if they are not the same as your preferred language.</para>
+ </note>
+
+ <note>
+ <para xml:id="BId-drakxid-selectLanguage-pa5" revision="2">About
+ <acronym>UTF-8</acronym> (unicode) support: Unicode is a
+ character encoding intended to cover all existing
+ languages. <application>Mageia Linux</application> uses <acronym>UTF-8</acronym> by default for all languages</para>
+
+
+ <orderedlist inheritnum="ignore" continuation="restarts">
+ <listitem>
+ <para xml:id="BId-drakxid-selectLanguage-pa6" revision="1">If you know UTF-8 encoding doesn't work well for your language, tick the box <guilabel>Old compatibility (non-UTF) encoding</guilabel> at the top of the <guilabel>Multiple languages</guilabel> screen</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para xml:id="BId-drakxid-selectLanguage-pa7" revision="1">Be aware that this will then apply to all languages on your system</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </note>
+
+ <para xml:id="BId-drakxid-selectLanguage-pa4" revision="4">Note that
+ you're not limited to choosing a single additional language. You
+ may choose several, or even install them all by selecting the
+ <guilabel>All languages</guilabel> box. Selecting support for a
+ language means translations, fonts, spell checkers, etc. will also
+ be installed for that language. Make sure you select all languages
+ which are likely to be useful on the machine now, it may be difficult
+ to configure support for languages not chosen at
+ install time at a later date.</para>
+
+
+
+ <tip>
+ <para xml:id="drakx-pa18a" revision="2">To switch between the various
+ languages installed on your system, you can launch the
+ <command>localedrake</command> command as <literal>root</literal> to
+ change the language used by the entire system. Running the command
+ as a regular user will only change the language settings for that
+ particular user.</para>
+ </tip>
+</section>